Juice Newton also recorded the song that same year and released on her Take Heart album.
Killen would continue producing Anderson until his departure from MCA Records.
"The Dream Never Dies" was released as a single by MCA Records in July 1979.
[1] The song spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 40 in August of 1979.
[1] In Canada, the single only reached number 42 on the RPM Country Songs chart in 1978.